He agreed to be the regime's mascot, to emphasize the contribution of the president of the state at every opportunity, to be at his side for pictures, to be on his support lists... And he was more and more similar to progressive officials, so that after the poor results in Germany in completely turned into an arrogant and self-loving progressive, who does not tolerate criticism, nor does he think of self-criticism
Although today the Executive Board of the Football Association of Serbia unanimously adopted the report of coach Dragan Stojković on the performance of the Serbian national team at the European Championship and thus confirmed his mandate until further notice, everything was decided last week in the Presidency of Serbia and that one vote was decisive for the famous Pixie to remain on head of the professional staff of the national team, and the message from Andrić's wreath was, as before, understood by the leaders of the Association, because they themselves are in those positions thanks to that one, the most powerful voice.
True, Aleksandar Vučić let his tabloids slander the coach for several days, because the public, or as they say - the whole nation, was outraged by the relegation already in the group stage, and especially by the performance of Pixi's chosen team, if the game can be called what demonstrated during three games in Germany. But soon the orchestrated and reckless attack of the gun-toting press died down, slowly other (real) problems and "enemies of the state" took precedence on the front pages, and then the man who asks about everything dropped the ball and announced meetings with the two Dragans - the selector Stojković and FSS president Džajić, which already indicated that he will stay - everything as before.
The abolition of Stojković for the desperate performance of the national team in Germany was slowly started, and it was primarily in his favor that many of his colleagues chose a calculating approach, with reverse play and primary defense of their own goal, and made the European Championship one of the weakest, or better said the most unwatchable major competitions in the last three decades. And indeed, some national teams went on with Zihera's game, waiting for the opponent's mistake and Fortune to look at them, but they seemed more composed than Serbia, and their selectors were more calm and sober than Stojković. Apart from playing calculatingly and invisible to the eye, the Serbian national team did not have internal cohesion, which became apparent after the defeat against England, nor did the selector keep things under control, and even less knew what he wanted.
And it's been like that since the World Cup in Qatar. Prior to that, Stojković raised the national team from mediocrity, with more goal play, won a place in the World Cup and in the elite group of the League of Nations, and earned the respect of the football public. On the wings of success, he practically took over the leadership of FSS, which was left in a disintegrated state by Vučić's staff of Slaviš Kokez, which did not please many football powers, close to the most powerful in the country. And at the Assembly of the FSS, held before the trip to Qatar, Stojković suffered his first defeat, so to speak, and after that, he and the team quickly "sunk" in the sand of the Arabian Peninsula.
Since then, the team and the game of the national team have not been in his focus, but clearly his primary concern was to enter the first row of Vučić's football associates. He agreed to be the regime's mascot, to highlight the contribution of the president of the state at every opportunity, to be on hand to take pictures with him, to be on his support lists... And he was more and more similar to progressive officials, only to change completely after the poor results in Germany into a proud and self-loving progressive, who does not tolerate criticism, nor does he think of self-criticism.
And it will be that this alone recommended him to remain in the position of selector, that is, that Vučić, after Lončar, Gašić, Malog and many other loyal associates who messed up, and whom he kept in their positions, decided to tell the public: I do not give Pixie!
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